Bloody Mary Bible Brunch

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1. Afterlife 2 – 
   1. Hell: horror film theology
   2. Hell is a coexistent place – different realms – Joss Wheldon
      1. Demons exist there as a different species
      2. Cf. fallen heavenly beings.
      3. Exorcist – other being not bound by the same abilities – Bazuzu could evoke the wind

1. Note that Angels never possess people
2. Segregated realms; cf not playful jin; elves & sprites

1. Demons are in the Bible – including knowing the demons names
2. Reality of Hell as understood by Jesus
   1. Place of Torment
   2. Compare burning trash heap

Who goes there?

1. • Those who fail to help the Poor, hungry, thirsty, naked and imprisoned

Who does not go there ?

1. • Gay people, People who have abortions, Divorced people, those who commit adultery 

Liberal alternatives to hell

1. 1. 1. It’s real no one’s there
      2. It’s being in the presence – which is hell for the wicked

1. Afterlife 1 –
   1. Kingdom of Heaven is at hand?
      1. Matthew – the already and not yet? -- Something more but also now
      2. Matthew 25 – I am with you to the end of the Age
   2. Inheriting Eternal Life = going to Heaven = entering the Kingdom of God/Heaven?
   3. 1 Cor. 15 – the order of resurrection – Christ, the faithful, death is the last enemy – final trumpet blast – we will all be changed, clothed in what can’t die. (cites to Isaiah) – Heavenly access post Jesus resurrection
      1. Oh death where is thy sting 1 Cor. 15
      2. John Donne - sonnet
      3. John Chrysostom - Sermon

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1. Harrowing of Hell 1 Peter 4:6 – After the resurrection, the doors of heaven are opened
2. Cloud witnesses – Hebrews 12 - an immediate afterlife?
3. John 14 – In my father’s house there are many rooms – Wait until Second Coming
4. 20 – Wait until Second Coming

Sexy Solomon.

What does it mean that the King who built God's Temple looked out on the world and wrote, “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.

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What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;
    there is nothing new under the sun."

The Queen of Sheba, Ethiopian Jews, the final resting place of the Ark of the Covenant and even a little discussion of Wakonda.

Rev. Abigail Conley's message on Solomon, first in the series, delivered via Zoom to Chalice Christian Church on August 9, 2020.  (pst, It's the one about splitting the baby.)